Shoreham concrete plant granted a two-year extension to licence

10:00am Saturday 26th January 2013 in News

A concrete plant will remain operating for at least another two years – despite locals complaining it causes too much noise.

Developers applied to extend temporary permission for its aggregate site in New Wharf, Brighton Road, Shoreham, by three years.

West Sussex County Council’s planning committee was advised to approve the plans “given the lack of alternative uses for the site coming forward in the immediate future”.

Residents, local councillors and Adur District Council opposed the move adding it would have an “adverse impact of noise on residents”.

Speaking at the meeting, Councillor Liza McKinney, who represents Shoreham Beach on the district council, was concerned that there had been no consultation with residents in Hancock Way or Emerald Quay.

She added there had been many complaints to environmental health officials about the noise, particularly digger buckets scraping on concrete and hatch doors closing.

After hearing the complaints, the committee approved the permission but reduced the licence to two years so permission runs until December 2014.

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Comments(2)

clubrob6 says...
4:27pm Sat 26 Jan 13

When i was younger i was brought up in a small town in cumbria called Workington,mines and the steelworks made loud noises 24 hrs a day.We are becoming a country that does not want heavy industry,the council has made the right decision by keeping this open.Id be quite happy to put up with more noise if jobs are created.Where i live the biggest noise problem is taxis hooting their horn at all hours too lazy to go to customers doors and police sirens pulling cars up at all hours when surely a flashing light would do,but if someone is at risk eg getting attacked then sirens are ok.

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wippasnapper says...
12:04pm Sun 27 Jan 13

west Sussex council was advised to approve the plans duo to the lack of alternative uses coming forward, what wert they bring in anoth money to support your finesses and no we are not becoming a country that dose not want heavy industry Mr. clubrob6, we need it and we except it but we would rather not live next to it this may have been excitable back in the 1800s where the workforce had no other chose but into days world a lot of people who moved into the eara didn’t have all the nose to put up with in the first place but duo to council officials giving permission to these company’s that have no regard to the local people living there and being the council held no consultation with the people living in the eara its degusting these people have to put up with another two years of nose and if any of these councilors lived in the eara themselves I’m should the decision would have had a totally different outcome but they most probably live in a nice quiet places where they would never have heavy industry on there doorsteps.

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